We awoke today (day 20) of our hatch to see both of our broodies running around out in the run. I didn't think too much about it, until an hour later I saw them STILL out there. They're both sharing a nest with 7 eggs and religiously are on them, only coming out as broody's do, every once in awhile.
I started to wonder WHY they were out of the nest,so I went to check on the eggs. Ice cold. They had apparently decided (together) enough was enough and they were done with the nesting stuff.
We gathered the ice cold eggs up, brought them in the house, put them in a plastic bowl with a warm damp towel and put them under a heat lamp. The eggs have warmed back up now (we don't have a bator).
Do we have ANY hope at all? My gut says to candle them again tonight, see if there's any movement at all-and keep praying really hard. Is there ANYTHING else I should be doing? Any ideas that anyone has would be very welcome. Thanks everyone, Kim
I started to wonder WHY they were out of the nest,so I went to check on the eggs. Ice cold. They had apparently decided (together) enough was enough and they were done with the nesting stuff.
We gathered the ice cold eggs up, brought them in the house, put them in a plastic bowl with a warm damp towel and put them under a heat lamp. The eggs have warmed back up now (we don't have a bator).
Do we have ANY hope at all? My gut says to candle them again tonight, see if there's any movement at all-and keep praying really hard. Is there ANYTHING else I should be doing? Any ideas that anyone has would be very welcome. Thanks everyone, Kim
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